Journey 8th March 2015 - Amy @ Brooklands Austin Morris Day 2015 and on the Track!

Today : Partly Cloudy
Conditions : Mostly Bright and dry, light showers
Temp : 11-12°
Journey : Brooklands Austin Morris Day 2015
Distance: 40 miles 

Lots of pictures today, Robbie and I off to Brooklands Austin Morris day just like last year!

The day started off really sunny. The weather was looking similar to the 2014 visit, but not forecasted to last. Arrived in bright sun and was directed to park up near the track this time.


Apart from parking somewhere else, the two biggest differences to last year were that it has been OVER A YEAR and nigh on 1500 miles since the head gasket was last replaced and have had no trouble since, plus the brakes have been fixed since last time so they wern't locked on when we arrived.

I still ensure that I have phone and tools with me, but very little worry about today. (Having visited Brooklands quite a few times now, a 20 mile each way journey holds no fear!)

The the sky became opaque with cloud pretty quicky, but it was still bright and not too cold. Wrapped up pretty warm, nevertheless.

The spot I parked in last year looked a little different this time!

A really good cross section of Austin and Morris cars, plus BMC badge engineered Riley's, Wolseleys etc.. There seems to also be a tolerance for pretty much anything built at Longbridge or Cowley. A few recent Rover's were present too.

Rob looking at Amy from the famous Brooklands banked track, she IS in the distance there, just below the yellow gantry!

We did the Bus Museum this time, missed that last year, and whilst the cavalcade was going around we also took the opportunity to drop into Mercedes Benz World. 

Hmm I must confess I could be tempted by this particular piece of German engineering over most things Austin could offer!

But that's comparing apples and pears. Now this over a contemporary mkIII Sunbeam Alpine? No contest - the Sunbeam any day!

Was just about to leave after that, the cavalcade had finished, got back to the car and got her started up to warm up for the journey home:







However, the advantage of being parked up where we were, was that the traffic for the group shot on the track was going past right in front of us. SO I managed to blag our way onto the track and therefore a final frenzy of photos just before we left!

The cars then dispersed, a good number headed straight for the exit, ourselves included. It was nice to be out on the open road with a few contemporaries around us. A few friendly toots as various cars peeled off. Weirdly the Police Minor in the shot above appeared from a different direction as we got back to Bracknell on the way home. The forecasted showers had arrived just after Ascot and the windscreen wipers were put to good use all the way from there.

It dried out after that, and Amy was back to bed after yet another great day out! (Ignore the smoke when we arrived at Brooklands! It had gone when we got home, so what the heck, it has been suggested that perhaps I over top up the oil prior to longer journeys. Possible.)


Post script: changed oil filter after getting home, just a VERY minor job that I kept forgetting to do after getting a replacement just after Chirstmas!